07 Oct

Posted at 09:53h in Blog, Job Opportunities, Job Searching, Living Abroad, Money Making Travel Jobs, Spain, Teaching English by
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It’s better to rip off the Band-Aid, so here goes: getting gainful employment when you don’t hold an EU passport, ie jobs for Americans in Spain, can be difficult, though not impossible. Spain is slowly emerging from a half-decade financial crisis, and the market is...

08 Jan

Posted at 11:09h in Japan, Living Abroad, Travel Job Interviews by
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[caption id="attachment_7200" align="aligncenter" width="640"] A geisha girl running to work to be on-time, because on-time is late in Japan.[/caption] In a previous article I outlined the basics of teaching English in Japan: how to find a job, how much you’ll make, what’s expected of you, and...

25 Aug

Posted at 22:58h in Blog, Hospitality Jobs, Living Abroad, Money Making Travel Jobs, Odd Jobs, Spain, Teaching English by
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Admit it, you’ve seen it: images of Spanish people picking through dumpsters, the shells of housing developments that won’t be finished anytime in the near future, the mugs of greedy politicians who steal from the poor to stuff their own fat wallets. While Spain’s economy...